life
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Back Home & Another Special Visitor
I am not sure how I got so amazingly lucky in my sister-in-law Susan, but wow, my little brother, Matthew, sure won the jackpot when he convinced her to marry him 22 years ago. And over the past few days,… Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Girls’ Trip – Part 2
We stayed two nights at the sweetest Airbnb in Bird in Hand, across the street from a beautiful farm and in the heart of Amish country in Lancaster County. When we had arrived the night before, it was so dark… Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Girls’ Trip – Part 1
Many, many months ago – long before I was in the midst of this crazy health adventure, my dear friend, Raina, reached out to me to see if I would be able to to not only join a group of… Continue reading
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Extra Blessings
I know, I know, that ever since my diagnosis I have been talking about all the blessings we have been blessed with as we see the hand of the Lord in our story. But when they are so apparent, I… Continue reading
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An Amazing Visit
One of the things that has blown me away as I have been going through all of these cancer and health adventures, have been the amount of people who are willing to drop everything and come out and spend time… Continue reading
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The Hardest and the Best
One of the best things of the past few weeks, has been going for my morning walks. As soon as I started feeling stable enough after my brain surgery to walk, I have been having either Lily or Derek take… Continue reading
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Little Bits of Life
In all the fog and bizarreness of our lives right now, things are continuing to move along – things like school for Arthur, work for Kevin, service assignments for Derek, Lily being home, and so much more. Although I am… Continue reading
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The End of August – The Month that Disappeared
I am not quite sure but happened to the month of August, and it probably has to do with starting things out with emergency brain surgery at the end of July, but it seriously felt like the month that disappeared… Continue reading
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Lifted from the Heavy
Not gonna lie, it’s only Wednesday and it’s been a pretty heavy week. On Monday I had my surgery to insert my port for chemo. It was an outpatient surgery, and relatively simple, but Kevin and I were both still… Continue reading
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Miracles Do Not Make Life Easy . . .
“But miracles do not make life easy. Most often, miracles just make the next step possible.” – “A Girl Called Samson” by Amy Harmon. Next week, things are about to get very real as I move toward both my radiation… Continue reading
